26 Facts About Jared Moskowitz

Jared Evan Moskowitz is an American politician serving as the US representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district since 2023.

Jared Moskowitz was born on December 18,1980, in Coral Springs, Florida.

Jared Moskowitz's father, Michael, was an attorney, philanthropist, and prominent Democratic fundraiser.

Jared Moskowitz graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Jared Moskowitz earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from George Washington University and a Juris Doctor from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University.

Jared Moskowitz began his political career as an intern for Vice President Al Gore and later worked as an assistant on Joe Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign.

Jared Moskowitz resigned in 2012 to run for the state legislature.

The Sun-Sentinel praised both candidates as "good choices for an open seat" but endorsed Jared Moskowitz, declaring that his "good grasp of statewide and local issues" made him the better candidate.

In 2014 and 2016, Jared Moskowitz was reelected to the legislature without opposition.

In 2018, after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Jared Moskowitz helped draft the bipartisan Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act, a bill to tighten gun control, school security, and school safety.

Jared Moskowitz took office the next month as the state was recovering from Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm.

In 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jared Moskowitz criticized 3M for diverting millions of N95 masks intended for Florida to foreign buyers offering higher prices.

Jared Moskowitz described his unsuccessful efforts to secure masks, with distributors directing state officials to empty warehouses.

Jared Moskowitz criticized 60 Minutes for running a story that claimed that Governor Ron DeSantis engaged in a pay-to-play scheme with supermarket chain Publix over distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, writing that "[n]o one" from DeSantis's "office suggested Publix" to distribute the vaccines.

Jared Moskowitz received credit across party lines for his handling of Florida's pandemic response.

In 2022, following Representative Ted Deutch's announcement to leave Congress, Jared Moskowitz declared his candidacy for Florida's 23rd congressional district.

Jared Moskowitz was sworn into office on January 7,2023, as the US representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district.

In 2024, Jared Moskowitz was named one of six Democrats on a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

On March 6,2025, Jared Moskowitz was one of ten Democrats in Congress who joined all of their Republican colleagues in voting to censure Democratic congressman Al Green for interrupting President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.

In February 2023, Jared Moskowitz was one of 11 Democrats who voted in favor of a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.

Jared Moskowitz is the only Democrat to have joined the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency caucus in Congress.

Jared Moskowitz has proposed reorganizing the Department of Homeland Security by potentially removing agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Secret Service from its jurisdiction.

In November 2023, Jared Moskowitz was one of 12 House Democrats to vote for a $14.3 billion aid package to Israel that was funded by cutting the IRS budget.

Jared Moskowitz criticised pro-Palestinians demonstrations at Columbia University as anti-Semitic and said that the university leadership did not protect Jewish students.

In 2025, Jared Moskowitz was one of 46 House Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the Laken Riley Act.

Jared Moskowitz is married to Leah Rifkin, and they have two children.